As undeniable as Adam Lambert’s sense of showmanship was by the time he descended a pink-lit staircase singing “Feeling Good” in his star-making run on “American Idol,” the singer’s command of the stage has only gotten that much more impressive since his first post-“Idol” album, aptly titled “For Your Entertainment,” arrived in late November. 

Adam Lambert at the Marquee Theatre 

He set the tone for a sold-out performance Sunday, Aug. 1, at Tempe’s Marquee Theatre with a piped-in techno remix of the title track while building anticipation with a glamour shot of Lambert in a feather boa looking very Bowie-esqu

And that just made his entrance all the more dramatic when he did appear – at the top of a staircase in long purple tails with furry epaulets and fringes and a feathered top hat with a scarlet A emblazoned on the front, interacting with his dancers to the brooding synth-pop of “Voodoo.” 

The band took the energy level up a notch with the pulsating funk-rock groove of “Down the Rabbit Hole.” The first of several songs to boast a laser light show, it ended with Lambert dropping to his knees at the top of the staircase as the music segued into the eerie psychedelic treatment of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” that he did on “Idol,” his hip gyrations channeling another old Sun Records legend, Elvis Presley. By the time he lost the hat for “Fever,” revealing a big enough pompadour to cover an entire rockabilly trio, it was hard to tell where Elvis Presley ended and Ann-Margaret began in the heavily made-up singer’s stage moves – which, of course, has been part of his charm from the very beginning. 

He brought the mood down for the melancholy drama of “Sleepwalker,” and kept it there for an unplugged and seated performance of his Top 10 breakthrough, “Whataya Want From Me” – a bold move for a guy with only one hit, but if anything, it sounded better that way (or at least more heartfelt). An unplugged, piano-fueled “Soaked” showed off the more operatic side of Lambert’s vocal range (again recalling Elvis) and led to yet another ballad, the inspirational “Aftermath,” which boasted stunning high notes, loads of heart and possibly the pinkest lasers ever. 

While his band mates settled into an extended instrumental jam, the singer slipped out for a costume change, returning in a vest with lapels and no shirt underneath to wail the high notes of the Def Leppard-esque “Sure Fire Winners,” his pompadour as majestic as ever. After all those slow songs in a row, he wisely followed “Sure Fire Winners” with another upbeat dance track, “Strut,” backed by dancers in Day of the Dead masks while he worked a cane into his stage moves. Once again, the high notes were phenomenal, and Lambert kept things moving with a song that may have been the highlight of the set, a spirited “Music Again” that made the most of the singer’s upper register and featured some of the concert’s most endearingly flamboyant dance moves. His latest single, “If I Had You,” brought the proper set to a triumphant finish, with the audience belting out the chorus and the lasers going wild 

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2010/08/02/20100802adam-lambert-concert-review-tempe.html#ixzz0vYOmT1cH 

 

 

 

 

Monte in the Crowd! 

 

 

  

Tommy Joe Ratliff Corner 

 

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Side View of IIHY from Las Vegas… close up! Thanks to @lnf001 for sending it! 

 

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The Good News 

Examiner: ‘American Idol’: Adam Lambert moves up two places on show airplay chart. http://exm.nr/dyDdbq 

ItsJoooory USA Today: Monday morsels. 2 2 Adam Lambert, WWFM (5748) (#8 AC, #9 Hot AC), 8 10 IIHY (2418) (#28 Top 40) http://bit.ly/azf178 

IIHY up to #33 on iTunes US Overall (new peak) iTunes link: http://bit.ly/ajHfu3 via @hooplamagnet 

idolsnow: ADAM LAMBERT’s “Whataya Want From Me” still in the top 10 on Adult Top 40 tally, down 9-10 this week 

hot100au: Adam Lambert: ‘If I Had You’ is currently No. 8 on iTunes. See real-time chart updates at http://bit.ly/c2qMuq 

LambritsUK: WWFM at #5 on iTunes Portugal http://bit.ly/bINFsp 

GlambertLyrics I have excitingg news! The guy filming adam’s e!true hollywood story emailed my mom and said its probs premiering nov. 18 

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Allison Iraheta Gets ‘Brotherly’ Advice From Adam Lambert 

Iraheta has grown close to all of the players in the Glam Nation Tour, from her own bandmates to co-opener Orianthi (who appears on Allison’s latest single, “Don’t Waste the Pretty”) to Adam’s bassist (and occasional onstage makeout buddy) Tommy Joe Ratliff, whom she’s gearing up to prank. “I think I’m just gonna steal Tommy’s glitter. Or lip gloss. What is he gonna do without that?” she joked. 

But the 18-year-old promises she’s not being corrupted by the rock and roll on-the-road lifestyle. (Don’t worry, Mama Iraheta!) “[Adam’s] always giving me the advice, the brotherly advice,” she said. If anything, being surrounded by such seasoned professionals has helped Allison come into her own as a performer. 

“Let me just say that on the ‘Idol’ tour, I was all over the place … which is why I lost my voice every other night. But now I guess you learn,” Allison said. “I feel so much more comfortable onstage.” 

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1644936/20100802/iraheta_allison.jhtml 

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He drew this on the back of @adamswench 

 

 

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